The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-07

pulls hair, like another little hand thai
l know, and that every body pets ,ant
smooths down. If there is an orange
or a piece of cake, that one gets it..
Kittic's voice wavered. ''Oh, mother,
it's so unjust; and she feels it sol
Here Kittie broke down, and ran sob
bling out of the room, pressing hel
ring-bedecked fingers to her lips.
kittie's mother sat down perplexed.
Il do wish our child was like Other
children. l can't understand Kittic.
I'm sure | never had such ridiculous
fancics when I was a child. Kittie
must take after her father"
did you call me, wifep'
mo, not exactly. But do tell me
what | am to do with Kittie. She is
making herself miserable in the most
ridiculous fashion. The absurd child
is jealous for he left hand, and is cry
ing because Mrs. Curt insisted on shak.
ing her right hand"
1T is just a freak"
ut is a freak hat is hard on the
washing. The maids complain that
she will eat with her left hand, and that
in cutting the meat it flies all wei the
cloth. The governcss says that the
moment her back is turned Kittic is
trying to write with her left hand. and
that her copy-book is a sight to behold.
Now, what will l do" Her speech
was broken by startling sounds from
the parlor.
"What can that be?'
ut is only the piano; l thought at
first it was a c~anonade."
at must be Kittie. Now, tell me
what We a do with that child the
anxious mother began again.
stop a moment, wife. Let us see
first what she is about"
kittie was at the piano. Her right
hand vas tucked behind her back UNI
der her apron-strings. The left hand
was skipping gayly up and down the
keys, now coming down with a jubi-
liant bang, and now trailing the length
of the keyboard in a wall of sound.
kittie's face was radiant. Now and
then she stopped and put her hand af-
~fectionately to her cheek and lips.
"ies, she shall have a good time,
and amuse herself all she wants. She
shall ting-a ling-ling and boom.boom-
BOOM suiting the action to the word
until the startled mother grasped her
fathers arm. "And she shall la-la-la,
and skip here, and skip there, and go
in any part of this key board. and
jump on any key she wants to, and be
so happy! Kittie stopped suddenly,
catching sight of her mothers dress.
ooh, it is you, Kittie." said her
reassuringly. '.and not a Dutch
band!'
Kitty jumped down and ran toward
him.
Then you aren't an cry, father. l
see the laugh-wrinkles. Oh, father, she
enjoy it so much!"
''Who. Kittlep
Kittie held up the gaudy little hand,
red from its violent exercise,
kiss her, father. She loves you"
And as the little hand patted and
smoothed his cheek he knew that it did
love him.
Tell me what you were doing,
Furnishing the poor piano."
1.-The piano likes it. 1t is so lonely
most Of the time, and she never has any
she is never allowed to do any of
things that sister does; sister can
play and skip and toss her fingers, and
poor dear has to help to show her
off. Father, how would you like to be
kept doing this-tum, tum, tum-tum,
tum?' (imita:ing an accompaniment,
"while another mar was dancing up
and down, and all the people saying:
How beautiful! How perfectly love-
lyr"
Kittie's father laughed loud and
at her comical mimicry.
There, father! I felt sure you would
sympathize with her."
After that Kitty was happy, and she
ran out of the room. releasing the i'm
prisoned right hand from the apron
When she had gone her father
said:
"Ncvcr mind, wife. Indulge her
there's some good in it."
"iou will spoil that child, Edwin.
But if you will get her to take off those
rings, I won't mind the table
After a time even these were not so
bad. Kittie soon learned to cut her
meat MS skillfully with n hand rs the
One day her mother received a
from one of the maids which
read:
DEAR MoTHER--I am visiting in Garretstown,
and as the road Is steep, and part OF IL very